stake

interés

Interés en algo porque su resultado puede afectarte personalmente.

En inglés sencillo: A personal interest in something because its result can affect you.

• We all have a stake in this decision.
• She has a personal stake in the project.
• Local families had a stake in protecting the river.

Cómo se usa: have a stake in something (Parents have a stake in the future of the school.)

Sinónimos: interest

Expresiones frecuentes: have a stake, stake in something, personal stake

estaca

Pieza de madera o metal con punta que se clava en el suelo para sujetar o señalar algo.

En inglés sencillo: A pointed piece of wood or metal pushed into the ground to support or mark something.

• Hammer the stake into the ground.
• We tied the tent ropes to metal stakes.
• A wooden stake marks the edge of the garden.

Sinónimos: post, peg

Expresiones frecuentes: wooden stake, tent stake, drive a stake

participación

Parte de la propiedad de una empresa u otra actividad.

En inglés sencillo: A share of ownership in a business or other activity.

• He owns a small stake in the business.
• The bank sold its stake in the company.
• They purchased a majority stake last year.

Cómo se usa: stake in something (She bought a stake in the company.)

Sinónimos: share, holding, interest

Expresiones frecuentes: stake in something, majority stake, minority stake, buy a stake

hoguera

Poste de madera al que se ataba a una persona para quemarla como castigo.

En inglés sencillo: A wooden post to which someone was tied and burned as a punishment.

• The prisoner was tied to the stake.
• They threatened to burn her at the stake.
• The museum describes executions at the stake.

Expresiones frecuentes: at the stake, burn at the stake

entutorar, sujetar con estacas

Sostener, fijar o marcar los límites de algo con estacas clavadas en el suelo.

En inglés sencillo: To support, secure, or mark the edges of something using pointed posts in the ground.

• We need to stake these plants.
• She staked the young trees after planting them.
• The surveyor staked the boundary of the field.

Expresiones frecuentes: stake tomato plants, stake a tent, stake a boundary

financiar

Dar dinero a alguien para que pueda apostar o iniciar un negocio.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone money so they can gamble or start a business activity.

• His friend staked him for the game.
• She staked her brother to his first business.
• Could you stake me to another hundred dollars?

Cómo se usa: stake someone to something (Her uncle staked her to the money for her first shop.)

Sinónimos: fund, back, finance

Expresiones frecuentes: stake someone, stake someone to something

empalar, atravesar con una estaca

Clavar una pieza puntiaguda de madera o metal en algo, especialmente para herir o matar.

En inglés sencillo: To push a pointed piece of wood or metal into something, especially to injure or kill.

• The hero staked the vampire.
• She tried to stake the creature through its heart.
• The hunter carried wood to stake the monster.

Sinónimos: impale

Expresiones frecuentes: stake a vampire, stake through something